MODULE 1C - THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SELF

Question 1

study of people and cultures in the past and today

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• Anthropology

Question 2

FOUR BRANCHES OF ANTHROPOLOGY

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• Archeology
• Physical Anthropology
• Linguistic Anthropology
• Cultural Anthropology

Question 3

• The study of how people lived in the past.

Answer 3

ARCHEOLOGY

Question 4

______ learn from things people leave behind or artifacts like pottery, tools, relics, ceramics, weapons, or anything made or used by humans.

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Archaeologists

Question 5

• The study of human biology, including how people adapt to where they live and how bodies changed over time (human evolution).

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PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Question 6

• Physical anthropologists also study __________.

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non-human primates

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• The study of how people speak and the words they use and how their language developed and evolved.

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LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

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• Also studies the evolution of language and how it changed what people think and how people change their language.

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LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

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• The study of how people live their lives in the present and how they may have lived in the past, including the tools they used and the food they produced and consumed.

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CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Question 10

• In anthropology, the self refers to a set of ______ that we try to adhere to and use them to guide our lives.

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cultural values

Question 11

• The self is one ______ of being human, among others.

Answer 11

interpretation

Question 12

• The most influential in terms of self-development is ______, basically referring to the culture one has been brought up in.

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family’s history

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• Anthropologists believe that culture is the full range of learned ________.

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behavior patterns

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o Founder of Cultural Anthropology

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• SIR EDWARD B. TAYLOR

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o Defines culture as: the complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, morals, law, customs, arts, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by a human as a member of society.

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• SIR EDWARD B. TAYLOR

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• TWO COMPONENTS OF CULTURE:

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1. Material Culture
2. Non-material Culture

Question 17

• Consists of human technology – all the things that people make and use.

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MATERIAL CULTURE

Question 18

Material culture is the ______ manifestations of culture.

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physical

Question 19

• Culture is very much ______. It changes from time to time.

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dynamic

Question 20

• The evolution of material culture can be attributed to the _____ that humanity was able to make.

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technological advances

Question 21

• Includes intangible human creations like beliefs, values, norms, morals, rules, language, and organizations.

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NON-MATERIAL CULTURE

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A DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST, CULTURE CAN INFLUENCE HOW YOU, YOUR PEERS, AND FAMILIES VIEW:

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RELATIONSHIPS:
PERSONALITY TRAITS:
ACHIEVEMENT:
EXPRESSING EMOTIONS:

Question 23

Culture is an influential factor in how you enter into and maintain relationships. This influences how adults encourage children to form relationships.

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Relationships

Question 24

Culture influences whether you value and how you value traits like humility, politeness, assertiveness, sympathy, and self-esteem. Culture also influences how you perceive hardship and how you feel about relying on others.

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Personality Traits

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Culture influences how feelings are expressed, whether you consider feelings public or private, openly or discreetly.

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Achievement

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Culture influences how feelings are expressed, whether you consider feelings public or private, openly or discreetly.

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Expressing Emotions

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CULTURAL INFLUENCES THAT SHAPES THE SELF

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Material Component
Cognitive Component/Non-Material
Normative Component

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Normative Component:

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Social Norms
Folkways
Cultural Change
Mores

Question 29

accepted standards of behavior of social groups.

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Social Norms

Question 30

general rules, customary and habitual ways, and patterns of expected behavior in society

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Folkways

Question 31

happens since no society is in a constant state. It continuously evolved from one period of time to another.

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Cultural Change

Question 32

special folkways that are generally emphasized since they are deemed necessary for the welfare of the society.

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Mores

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MECHANISM OF CULTURAL CHANGE

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Cultural Lag
Cultural Borrowing

Question 34

one must take into account both a social need and the cultural goal, every cultural goal is anchored on social need.

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Cultural Lag

Question 35

situation where one society borrows the culture of another society and uses it as new part of the culture

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Cultural Borrowing